Apparatus for walling wells



( 0 Model.)

J. MOSER.

APPARATUS FOR WALLING WELLS. No. 386,928. Patented July 31, 1888.

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JOHN MOSEB, OF PERRYSBURG, OHIO.

APPARATUS FOR WALLING WELLS.

SPECIFICATION Forming part of Letters Patent No. 386,928, dated July 31,1888.

(No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN MosER, a citizen of the United States, residingat Perrysburg, in the county of food and State of Ohio, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Apparatus for Walling Wells; andI do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of referencemarked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to a device for lowering tiles or pipes into wellsfor setting the same in walling up the well, and has for its object tosimplify and improve the means therefor, so that the tile or pipe can belowered in a certain position and the carrier or table releasedtherefrom without disturbing the position of the pipe or tile, and sothat the latter will have the minimum fall or drop when the carrier ortable is removed.

To the accomplishmentof the foregoing and such other advantages as mayresult from the construction the invention consists in the constructionand the combination of parts hereinafter particularly described andclaimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming apart hereof.

Figure 1 is a perspective with the fingers raised. Fig. 2 is a sideelevation showing the fingers dropped. Fig. 3 is a side elevationshowing the table and plate in vertical section.

In the drawings, the letter A designates a stem or rod adapted to beconnected to any means by which it may be lowered into and raised from awell, and having secured to its lower portion a plate or disk, B, formedwith any desired number of slots, 0, and also provided above said plateor disk with a table, D, carrying any desired number of pivoted, hinged,or swinging fingers, E, said fingers being'sustained in a horizontalposition by the disk or plate B when it is under the fingers and allowedto drop or fall when the fingers are opposite to the slots in the diskor plate.

The stem or rod A is formed square or angular in crosssection, as at a,so as to receive and secure the plate or disk B to the stem, so

that it will turn therewith. Above this angular portion the stem isround, as at b, so that the table D will fit loosely around the same,thus permitting the stem or rod and disk or plate to be turned withoutmoving the table. The table and plate are held to the stem or rod by anut, F, which may be screwed into the end of the rod or secured theretoby a pin,G.

The circumference described by the fingers E when in a horizontalposition will of course be less than the diameter of the well, and theplate or disk will be still smaller, so as to free the tile when thedevice is being withdrawn.

The fingers E are preferably fitted at one end in the sockets H, formedin the table D, which will form a cover for that end, and will alsobrace the fingers. The fingers are also formed with shoulders I, which,when the inner face of the tile fits against them, will hold the tile orpipe against lateral movement or slipping.

By having the plate or disk B, and not the table carrying the fingers,revolve in freeing the fingers from the tile or pipe, the pipe will notbe moved laterally or turned after letting it down into the well, whichunder some conditions will prove desirable and an advantage, and,besides, it allows the fingers to be dropped by a simple turning of thestem or rod and dispenses with the necessity of special releasingdevices, and by having both the table and plate removable from the stemor rod one size may be substituted for another to suit the diameter ofthe pipe or well into which it is to be lowered.

In operation the plate or disk is turned so as to bring it under thefingers, and thus hold them in a horizontal position. The device, withthe tile resting on the fingers, is new lowered into the well. \Vhen thepoint desired is reached, the stem or rod is turned sulficiently tobring the slots in the plate or disk opposite to the fingers, which dropand swing free from the tile, leaving the tile resting on its permanentsupport. Owing to the construction of the fingers described the tile hasa distance of only about half an inch to drop after the fingers arewithdrawn, so that there is no jarring of the tile or danger of chippingor breaking it. After the device is released from the tile, it is liftedto the top of the well and the operation repeated until the well iswalled up.

The device can be used for anylpurpose to which it is adapted, and issimple in construction, cheap to manufacture, stroug and not apt to getout of order, and very efficient for the use intended.

Having described my invention and set forth its merits, whatI claimis 1. The combination of the stem or rod, the plate or disk securedthereto to turn with it, and formed with the slots, and the table fittedloosely thereto to permit the stem and slotted plate to turn about it,and provided with the fingers to drop into the slot when brought opsiteto each other, substantially as described.

2. The combination of the stem or rod formed With the angular part a andcircular part I),

the table fitted to said circular part and provided with the swingingfingers, and the plate or disk fitted to the angular part and formedwith slots for the passage of the fingers, substantially as described.

3. The combination of the stem or rod, the plate or disk formed with theslots, the table formed with the sockets, and having pivoted therein thefingers adapted to drop into the slot-s when brought opposite to eachother, and means for holding said parts on the stem or rod,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN MOSER.

Witnesses:

F. E. HoLLENBEoK, GEO. S. MOKNIGHT.

